Biology:Eudactylinidae

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Short description: Family of crustaceans

Eudactylinidae
The British parasitic Copepoda (Plate XXXVII) (6818032052).jpg
Various species of Eudactylina
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Eudactylinidae
C. B. Wilson, 1932

Eudactylinidae is a family of copepods,[1] most of which live as parasites on the gills of elasmobranch fishes; two genera lives on the gills of teleost fishes (Heterocladius and Jusheyus).[2]

Genera

The family Eudactylinidae contains the following genera:[1]

  • Bariaka Cressey, 1966
  • Carnifossorius Deets & Ho, 1988
  • Dangoka Izawa, 2011
  • Eudactylina Van Beneden, 1853
  • Eudactylinella C. B. Wilson, 1932
  • Eudactylinodes C. B. Wilson, 1932
  • Eudactylinopsis Pillai, 1968
  • Heterocladius Deets & Ho, 1988
  • Janinecaira Benz, Smith, Bullard & Braswell, 2007
  • Jusheyus Deets & Benz, 1987
  • Nemesis Risso, 1826
  • Protodactylina Laubier, Maillard & Oliver, 1966

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4305865 entry